Amy Stewart
Bio
Dr. Amy Stieler Stewart is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Stewart is originally from Merritt Island, Florida and attended the University of Florida for her undergraduate and veterinary degrees (Go Gators!!). She then completed a one-year rotating internship in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia. She returned to the University of Florida in 2012, completed a three-year residency in Large Animal Medicine and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2015. She then moved to Raleigh, joined NCSU and completed a PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences under the direction of Dr. Liara Gonzalez in 2019. Dr. Stewart’s research centers around the use of large animal models including the horse and pig to study gastrointestinal disease. She is currently developing models of equine intestinal injury using 2D and 3D epithelial stem cell culture and focusing on epithelial signaling mechanisms in intestinal repair after injury. In her free time, Dr. Stewart enjoys distance running, indoor cycling, college sports and spending time with her husband and son.
Publications
- Allograft Inflammation is Reduced with Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Intestinal Transplantation , Intestinal failure. (2025)
- Fine tuning between regeneration and anti-apoptosis as a key advantage of using normothermic machine perfusion in intestinal transplantation , Physiology (2025)
- Normothermic Machine Perfusion Mitigates Allograft Inflammation in Intestinal Transplantation , Physiology (2025)
- Normothermic machine perfusion reduces epithelial injury and prolongs allograft preservation time compared to cold storage , Physiology (2025)
- Preservation of Epithelial Barrier Integrity and Microbial Populations with Mechanical Perfusion in Intestinal Transplantation , Physiology (2025)
- Reduction of apoptosis and preservation of stem-cell proliferation in intestinal transplantation allografts with normothermic machine perfusion , Intestinal failure. (2025)
- Assessment of equine intestinal epithelial junctional complexes and barrier permeability using a monolayer culture system , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2024)
- 45: Comparison of the Effects of Normothermic Machine Perfusion and Cold Storage Preservation on Porcine Intestinal Allograft Regenerative Potential and Viability , Transplantation (2023)
- A LGR5 reporter pig model closely resembles human intestine for improved study of stem cells in disease , The FASEB Journal (2023)
- Changes in equine intestinal stem/progenitor cell number at resection margins in cases of small intestinal strangulation , Equine Veterinary Journal (2023)